Evaluation of WHO classification of hypothermia in sick extramural neonates as predictor of fatality

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 341-345

  Mathur, N B ^a   Krishnamurthy, Sriram ^a   Mishra, T K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Classification of hypothermia; Fatality; Hypothermic neonate; Sick neonate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SHOCK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OXYGEN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 31044452625     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmi049     Document Type: Article

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